205/65r15. My tire blew today when I was going to see a client.
I really wanted to drive my Accord!
Hopefully this wouldn't have happened to that Honda:
If you need to change your tire on the side of the road, try to find a level spot. My tire blew, I immediately pulled over as far as I could, jacked up my car, removed the lug nuts, and was trying to remove the wheel when my car fell off the jack. I climbed up, but I have never had a tow truck arrive within an hour when I was in-town, and I was 10 miles from town.
For some reason when you search for "USAA roadside" you don't get a phone number. I clicked on a link and a guy and his son stopped, removed the jack, redid it, and changed my tire for me.
Thanks random strangers!
I know that I posted about this car, but cannot find my thread. I was still looking for it when I found this one.
Tire Rack shows 7 tires for my car, but Michelin Agilis Crossclimates look like they are for trucks.
Tire Rack shows them, but instead of being 94H they show 100t and 102t.
Is it 100t or 102t?!
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Since LT tires are commonly used on trucks with dual rear wheels, they are branded with two load indexes. The first number indicates the load carrying capacity if the tire is installed on a truck with a single-wheel rear axle, and the second number applies when the tire is used in a dual rear application.
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Tire Rack:
What is a Load Index?
Not that it matters, but the site doesn't show a UTQG or a mileage warranty. I tried to find those from Walmart, but it didn't show car sizes.
They also charge $855.96 for 4. Of the other 6 tires, the most expensive are the Bridgestone Ecopias, $671.96 with a 70,000-mile warranty, but they are only rated 6.8 stars.
The cheapest LRR tire they show is the Hankook Kinergy ST, $403.96 for 4, rated for 70,000 miles, and rated 8.2/10.
The tire with the longest warranty is the Hankook Kinergy PT, rated for 90,000 miles, $471.96 for 4, although it says it is new, and does not have a rating.
The highest-rated is the Yokohama Avid Ascend, $487.96 for 4, warrantied for 85,000 miles, and rated 8.7/10.
The STs and the Avid Ascends are extremely close when you look at the warrantied mile per dollar, but I don't expect to get 90,000 miles on a 17-year-old car, even if she only has 106,000 miles.
"The Department of Energy estimates that 4 to 11 percent of fuel consumption is due to tire rolling resistance."
"Industry studies show that a 10 percent drop in rolling resistance equates to about a 1 percent improvement in fuel economy."
"Our latest testing of performance all-season tires showed a 34 percent difference in rolling resistance between the best- and worst-performing tires."
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Over 12,000 miles driven, that 34 percent difference in resistance equals about 14 gallons of gas separating the best performer from the worst, based on average fuel economy. It adds up to about $70 per year, or about $360 over the life of a set of tires (62,000 miles for a performance all-season tire, based on CR testing). We based our savings calculation on gas at $5 per gallon.
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The most that I have logged for gas is $4.51 and their tests indicate the average car would get 28 MPG with the worst tires in the group and 29 MPG with the best.
I have averaged 33 MPG with my Camries, so my results would vary further.
Consumer Reports only tested two tires Tire Rack lists for my car.
Low-Rolling-Resistance Tires Can Save You Money at the Pump
I found other pages comparing LRR tires, but who compares with Consumer Reports? None of them say how they chose their favorites!
I wish that CR had compared those tires to a normal one, but arguably they would need to test many tires to determine the most normal.
The best tire they tested was 3.5% more efficient than the worst.
"Today, tire makers are using the latest in technology to create tires that lower rolling resistance and add 2-8% in higher fuel mileage, which definitely adds up over time."
TireReviews.com: Top 10 Most Fuel Efficient Tires
Source?
I searched and just found this weirdo:
Low rolling resistance tires 2018
"The Tire and Rubber Association of Canada (TRAC) found a 2 – 4% improvement in fuel economy when you switch to a fuel efficient tire."
All About Fuel Efficient Low Rolling Resistance Tires
Tire Rack shows 33 gas-guzzling tires, but the fastest they can mail any is 6 days.
The highest-rated is the Vredestein Hitrac All-season, 8.9/10, $404.16 for 4, and a 70,000-mile warranty.
The cheapest is the Riken Raptor HR, $376.12 for 4, rated 8.10, and without a warranty?!
The cheapest LRR tire Tire Rack showed cost 7.4% more than the cheapest non-LRR tire, but let's not buy the cheapest tires, okay?